Lets try this

I wouldn’t do this as a Canucks fan. Yeah the 2nd rounder is nice, but I don’t love the minimal cap savings we get from downgrading Garland to Joseph, and Joseph would end up being an expensive 4th liner for the next 3 seasons

The two main reasons we’d be moving Garland is for cap space and to clear our logjam of wingers. This doesn’t help much with the cap space, and doesn’t help our winger situation either

If Murray is bought out that puts you over the cap. I’m not sure why you changed the upper cap limit here, it would stay the same and you’d be over and forced to move someone.

I’ve also said this on another post - Garland doesn’t make sense because it’s costing you Pinto. Not in terms of trade, but contract status. Pinto is likely getting more than the $2.5M you have here, and I’m not sure why Ottawa fans keep devaluing him just to try to fit him in the cap. If it was that low he’d likely be signed by now.

The best comparison for Pinto is Kasperi Kapanen’s second contact, the one he signed with Toronto off he is ELC. Very similar production and very similar players at the time. Kapanen signed for 3.93% of the cap, so if that’s the number for Pinto then he’s signing a 2 or 3 year deal at $3,281,550M which you don’t have the cap for here, so it comes back to not making the deal for Garland.

No the best comparable is the one Maxine Comtois signed after 33pts in 55 games. 2 x 2

Ottawa fans and Pierre Dorian know that his value is <2.5million. Especially on a bridge contract. It is also very comparable to the Eller contract. It is also fair value for a third line center.


I changed the cap limit because if the Leafs buy out Murray. Which is a likely outcome, Ottawa gets out of 1.3 million that was retained in the initial deal when Murray was traded to the Leafs. Since you cannot remove that I changed the upper limit.

I really hope that we add someone like Pius Sutter (great defensively), Tomas Tatar (scored more goals than Tarasenko), or Maxime Comtois (great potential and more added scoring) to the team. Having Egor Sokolov or Angus Crookshanks for the fourth line.